Reduce The BAC Level

A question to members of the Tennessee General Assembly, what would you do in order to reduce motor vehicle fatalities by 6 to 18 percent? Would you be willing to reduce the legal limit (Blood Alcohol Content) to .05? According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) their studies show that if we would reduce the limit we could expect such a decrease. What happened when states went down to .08? Approximately 20 scholarly studies have found strong evidence lives were saved. The median study found that, thanks to the .08 limit, fatal crashes involving alcohol dropped by about 7 percent.

As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I doubt it could be done in Tennessee. I can see the liquor lobbyists coming out of the woodwork on this one.  Are thousands of lives a year worth this sacrifice? They would argue that it would cost the state valuable tax dollars and jobs, thousands of jobs. One could certainly make the case that the answer is “no,” given these arguments.  But cutting the limit to .05 would be far from unprecedented. At least 52 nations have done it, including Brazil, China, India, Russia, the Nordic countries, Argentina, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

Until then, if you or a loved one are injured or killed in a Nashville automobile accident contact the experienced Nashville auto accident lawyers at Phillip Miller &  Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.